I presented a multimedia lecture last night at the Contemporary Art Center of Virginia. The lecture was called “The Big Picture”. It was about the convergence of technology, commerce, creativity and education. In my presentation, I listed several people that are writers and thinkers in various fields that I saw as having many convergent ideas that supported my own ideas in my lecture. All of these people are among my personal heroes. After the lecture, an audience member asked me if I could provide links to the people I mentioned. I’m doing so here. These are among my favorite thinkers and favorite books.

Above, Pranav Mistry, MIT researcher, dedicated to integrating the digital and physical worlds. www.pranavmistry.com

Malcolm Gladwell, Outliers - A Study of Success and Exceptional People

Daniel Pink, Drive - Human motivation

Jane McGonigal - Reality is Broken - Harnessing the abilities of gamers towards real world problems

Thomas Friedman, The World is Flat - 21st century economics

Sir Ken Robinson, The Element - Finding your passion, education for the 21st century

Rita King: www.imaginationage.net

You can also search youTube for many entertaining videos of these folks making presentations.

-Scott